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so that the operational expenditures
are met, for example security, salaries,
garden and park maintenance, municipal
rates and taxes, and water and electricity
usage. To achieve this goal, the Board has
already suspended most of the capital
expenditures for the current financial
year, which ends in February 2021. This
is one of the important matters that will
be addressed at the next Annual General
Meeting. The finances of the HOA display
a healthy fiscal situation, which is set out
in the financial statement published in this
issue. Members are welcome to send any
enquiry or input to the Estate Manager,
who will share it with the HOA’s Financial
Committee.
Due to the COVID-19 lockdown, the
2020 Annual General Meeting (AGM)
will probably have to be postponed. In
anticipation of these current circumstances,
the HOA has applied at the Companies
Tribunal for the postponement of the AGM
to November 2020. Members will be kept
updated as the situation unfolds.
The project for the upgrading of the
two gatehouses, better known as the
Infrastructure Development Plan (IDP), is
progressing. The Bill of Quantities (BOQ)
has been finalised and nine building
construction companies were invited to
tender. They all met on site on 1 July 2020
with the Quantity Surveyor, Mr Kelvin
Nemacha, who is the principal agent on
behalf of the HOA. The final appointment
of the building contractor should be
concluded during August 2020, where
after the Board of Directors will decide
when construction will start, taking into
consideration the COVID-19 pandemic.
Once the Board has taken the decision
to commence building, residents will
be informed of the plan schedule and
what to expect during the construction in the lecture room to virtual lecturing completion. Members are requested to
period. One thing is certain, there will be by developing several ‘serious games’, ensure that the storm water drainage
disruption of the traffic flow through the keeping the entertainment element in towards the parks and open veld are open.
gates during this period. However, just mind. Learners will find this article not With the maintenance and preparation
imagine yourself arriving at one of the only interesting, but also valuable for of the boundary walls, it was discovered
gatehouses and driving through it without their future studies. that several boundary wall outlets were
getting soaking wet after using your finger The maintenance team has completed blocked. This will cause storm water to dam
to gain access during a thunderstorm. A the painting of the stand numbers onto the up against walls, which in turn is one of the
better equipped control room will also back or side boundary walls of properties. main causes of damp walling.
form part of this development. This will assist the Estate Management
In the last issue of The Villager, Dr to identify a property from the back or
Reolyn Heymann from the University of side, especially in emergency situations.
Johannesburg (UJ) gave us some insight The team has now started to repaint
regarding how to bridge the digital divide the stand numbers of all the properties
via a simplified and easy to use server. on the road kerbs as part of the general
In this issue, Dr Heymann explains how ongoing maintenance. The maintenance
she and her team managed to transform and painting of the boundary walls
the conventional method of lecturing facing the parks or open veld are nearing

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